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Scrap Happy Quilt Retreat Days 4 and 5

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I decided not to drag out the rest of the story of the 5 day quilt retreat I held at my house last week with two long time friends who are quilters, so I am combining days 4 and 5 into one post.

If you are just joining us the other three blog posts on days 1 – 3 are under the blog category Scrap Happy Quilt Retreat.

We continued working on our improvisational log cabin quilt blocks or “log jamming” which I was originally introduced to during a class I took at the Stitchin’ Post in Sisters, Oregon (I also remember that I’ve previously referred to this type of piecing as making “free form” log cabin blocks).

Here are a couple photos of my studio while the retreat was in progress from Days 4 and 5:

And here are the photos of the evolution of D, K, and my blocks:

The photo above is of one of the blocks I pieced with the collection of brown, gold, orange, and copper scraps I put together, set in the coppery color Peppered Cotton I selected.

D was a bit of an overachiever, ha, and actually finished her quilt top (but I think she is also going to add a 3.5 inch border of the gray around it to make the blocks “float” even more and she took some extra fabric home with her) and plans to hand quilt it.

John continued to make us yummy meals and our evening meal on Day 4 was a Mexican Food Feast like the one I shared in the post A Mexican Feast.

On Day 5 D and K surprised John and I with some fantastic hosting gifts. They gave John a gift certificate to his favorite woodworking shop Woodcraft; and they gave me a fat quarter set of the fabric I was drooling over at Holly’s Quilt Cabin during our shop hop on Wednesday May 17th – Celestial by Moda Fabrics:

I just need some yardage of solids (I will probably use the Peppered Cottons that coordinate with the fat quarter set) and I will likely have enough fabric to make the quilt I fell in love with at the quilt shop:

John and I were very pleased with our hosting gifts!

Friday we returned quilters to “Human Storage” (also know as the Denver International Airport, see post “Human Storage” and Airport Lore if you are just joining us); and an exhausted John and Mike the Miniature Schnauzer passed out on the sofa when we got back home.

While cleaning up my studio from the retreat I realized it was a pretty awesome and successful retreat.

And there was a lot of Scrap Happy Happiness over the 5 days (smile)!

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Quilter, crafter, obsessive tea drinker and lover of all furry creatures (especially dogs and cats) - join me on my tierneycreates blog as I share stories from "A Crafter's Life".

22 thoughts on “Scrap Happy Quilt Retreat Days 4 and 5”

  2. I’ve really enjoyed all the posts on your retreat. You all look like you had a great time, and John and the dog definitely needed a nap. LOL It’s going to be a little quiet around there.

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  8. I’ve read Day 1 to this last post – looks so successful – and John will be pleased he feed you all well, but now to just you and him… As for the large gift of new fabrics and the idea of the quilt, I see more “scraps coming in” 🙂

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